Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, SLAVA, and BOEING. (Craziness...)

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Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, SLAVA, and BOEING. (Craziness...)

Posted: 1/4/09 at 2:41am

I literally can't believe all of these shows are closing today. I know some were limited engagements but today is really a sad day and I didn't get to see all of them but it's sad to see them all go.

General thoughts on NINE shows closing today...?

re: Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, S

Posted: 1/4/09 at 2:45am

Out of all the shows I think a few deserved to stay on broadway a lot longer. Im going to miss Young Frankenstein the most.

re: Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, S

Posted: 1/4/09 at 2:50am

I'm going to miss Boeing Boeing so much - I don't think I ever laughed so hard at a show.

re: Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, S

Posted: 1/4/09 at 3:15am

While each has its own individual reason for closure (many of which are quite, quite different), it's such a shocking thing to see nine shows closing in one day. That's what's perhaps so stirring about today.

For the Broadway historians here, is there a record as to the most shows closing in one day?

re: Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, S

Posted: 1/4/09 at 3:18am

I would not be surprised if it's today.

Posted: 1/4/09 at 4:56am

My avatar is a reminder to myself. I need lots of reminders...

Updated On: 4/3/10 at 04:56 AM

re: Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, S

Posted: 1/4/09 at 8:45am

Yes, I'm pretty sure it is a record. There was an article that showed the January closings in the past and I'm pretty sure only one or two others came close to 2009.

I will try to find it, but so far...no luck

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re: Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, S

Posted: 1/4/09 at 10:01am

I was fortunate enough to see some of the shows. Wishing all involved the best through these tough economic times.

"Everytime you step on that stage it is somebody's first Broadway show and somebody's last Broadway show. Make it count."

re: Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, S

Posted: 1/4/09 at 10:42am

This is sad. I wish all the actors the best.

#10

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Posted: 1/4/09 at 10:43am

I think I found what I think dramamama611 was talking about. Toward the bottom has a list of all the show closings in January through the years.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Broadways_Barometer_What_Can_We_Expect_for_the_1st_Quarter_of_2009_20081229

"i had no idea billy elliot was about one boy's triumph over epilepsy."-FindingNamo

#11

re: Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, S

Posted: 1/4/09 at 10:50am

Yup, that was it. Silly me...the lead article for the last few days! Who'd a thunk! Thanks for finding it.

#12

re: Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, S

Posted: 1/4/09 at 10:54am

actually for some reason I decided to re-read it just before I read this thread, and when you mentioned not finding it I was like "hmmm...could it be in the article I just re-read that dramamama611 is talking about"
Its so sad to see all these shows go.

Edit: to fix spelling error

"i had no idea billy elliot was about one boy's triumph over epilepsy."-FindingNamo

Updated On: 1/4/09 at 10:54 AM

#13

re: Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, S

Posted: 1/4/09 at 11:25am

Look at Playbill.com the page is filled with closings.

#14

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Posted: 1/4/09 at 12:01pm

Every headline (but the last 2) at the top of the main board page is about closings.

#15

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Posted: 1/4/09 at 12:21pm

Don't worry, people...White Christmas will surely be back, Liza and Estate were limited runs, Hairsrpay and 13 will defintely have a long life in regional and community theatres, and Grease...well...are we really sad about Grease?

O-bla-di, o-bla-da, la la la la life goes on. And so does Broadway.

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#16

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Posted: 1/4/09 at 12:23pm

Only because it adds to the carnage! (And I suppose SOME people liked it.)

#17

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Posted: 1/4/09 at 12:56pm

Boeing and Hairspray :'(

#18

re: Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, S

Posted: 1/4/09 at 2:03pm

The front page of playbill.com is very depressing. one closing article after another...

#19

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Posted: 1/4/09 at 2:12pm

This is truly "Black Sunday" for Broadway.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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#20

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Posted: 1/4/09 at 2:35pm

On the bright side...

Theatres are open for bright shiny new shows?

Gone doesn't mean forgotten, and while no one will miss Grease, the pound is weak against the dollar right now so you can always come visit us in the UK for your Hairspray fix?

Mark Rylance is coming home, yay?

Notes from the Earlham Street Gutter

#21

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Posted: 1/4/09 at 4:31pm

Not ashamed to say it -

I will miss Grease

#22

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Posted: 1/4/09 at 6:51pm

?? - I will miss Grease too.

Live long and prosper. Marriage equity now!

#23

re: Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, S

Posted: 1/4/09 at 6:54pm

Sad to see these shows go!

J*

Updated On: 1/4/09 at 06:54 PM

#24

re: Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, S

Posted: 1/4/09 at 8:19pm

It'll certainly be a busy time for the trucking companies, that's a hell of a lot of scenery to haul away to storage and to the dump.

#25

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Posted: 1/4/09 at 8:51pm

I don't know the right words to describe how I'm feeling, sad doesn't begin to describe it.

2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5 May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot

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